I'm not married to ribbon snakes by any stretch of the imagination.

I began looking into them because they do well in a wetter environment anyway, (though I certainly realize they need dry land, I'm thinking more a terrarium with a large water feature than a true paludarium.)
Ribbons seemed like an ideal snake for a small paludarium for this characteristic. If anyone has other suggestions on snake choice, by all means please let me know.

Neither the rosy boa, sand boa, or hognose seem to be particularly suited for a paludarium to me... ? I'm interesting in building and maintaining a paludarium that I can put a snake in. I'm not new to snakes in general, I'm simply new to the more aquatic snakes, and am pretty familiar with all of the above but the hognose.

Thanks for all the advice, I'm finding anything helpful, this project is still in its infancy and I probably won't really work on the tank in earnest until this summer.

Jim